Studying God

Theos (?e??) is Greek for God. So, studying God is called theology. What does the Bible reveal about God?

Is God a Spirit?

“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:24 KJV)

Does Jesus reveal that God is gentle?

“... for I am gentle and humble in heart …” (Matthew 11:28-30 NIV)

Is God loving?

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16 KJV)

How long does God’s love last?

“For the LORD is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation.” (Psalm 100:5 NLT)

Is God merciful?

“For the Lord your God is a merciful God…” (Deuteronomy 4:31 ESV)

Is God compassionate?

“... For He is gracious and compassionate …” (Joel 2:13 HCSB)

Is God faithful?

“... And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.” (1 Corinthians 10:13 NLT)

Is God forgiving?

“And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.” (Mark 11:25 ESV)

Did Jesus ask God to forgive people before they had repented?

“Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.’ ” (Luke 23:34 NLT)

Is God good?

“For the Lord is good and his love endures forever…” (Psalms 100:5 NIV)

Is God just?

“God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you” (2 Thessalonians 1:6 NIV)

Does God tolerate injustice?

“Fear the Lord and judge with integrity, for the Lord our God does not tolerate perverted justice, partiality, or the taking of bribes.” (2 Chronicles 9:7 NLT)

Are all God’s ways just?

“... For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.” (Deuteronomy 32:4 NKJV)

Is God the source of life?

“Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” (Genesis 2:7 NASB)

Is God distinguished from lifeless idols? Is He the fountain of life?

“For what mortal has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived?” (Deuteronomy 5:26 NIV)

Can anyone outgrow the need for God’s life-sustaining presence?

“... He is your life and the length of your days…” (Deuteronomy 30:20 NKJV)

Does God inhabit eternity?

“For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: ‘I dwell in the high and holy place…’ ” (Isaiah 57:15 NKJV)

The Hebrew phrase “the heavens and the earth” means everything. Who created it?

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1 NASB)

Does God change?

“I am the Lord, and I do not change. That is why you descendants of Jacob are not already destroyed.” (Malachi 3:6 NLT)

Is God’s counsel immutable?

"Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath" (Hebrews 6:17 NKJV)

Does God’s character change?

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” (James 1:17 KJV)

Is God holy, exalted above everything else?

“Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is holy!” (Psalm 99:9 ESV)

Is God righteous?

“... for the Lord our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.” (Daniel 9:14 NASB)

Is God love?

“He who does not love does not know God, for God is love... And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.” (1 John 4:8, 16 KJV)

Is God truthful?

“Anyone who accepts his testimony can affirm that God is true.” (John 3:33 NLT)

What does the Parable of the Lost Son tell us about God?

“And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.” (Luke 15:11-32 NKJV)

Is God Near?

“ ‘Can a man hide himself in hiding places So I do not see him?’ declares the LORD. ‘Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?’ declares the LORD.” (Jeremiah 23:24 NASB)

Does it mean that God is not far from every one of us?